Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2927-2931 (30 March to 3 April 2015)
Rghfrgl:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 02 Apr 2015, 20:56 ---Also, doesn't it look like the side of Clinton's head has been razor cut close? He had short hair before, but tops and side were the same length. Here it looks like the top is the same, but the side was cut close.
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He's been burned, got a black eye, his clothes were ruined and he's been dumped off on the side of the road somewhere. But the worse thing to happen to him tonight?
Someone stuck gum in his hair.
swapna:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 03 Apr 2015, 11:10 ---
--- Quote from: swapna on 03 Apr 2015, 09:11 ---
Yup, comedy gold! Nah, I rolled my eyes too. I don't really like Clinton, but hurting him is usually played for laughs. It's similar with Pintsize. But lean too close to Claire, and it's as good as beating her up, in terms of Forum outrage.
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I think the Clinton being tormented for being creepy, and thus "deserving" of whatever happens started before Claire was really much of a (if any) presence in the series. She hadn't been introduced when he was acting all stalkerish towards Hanners, and also had to be on the receiving end of a good zap from Momo for getting too close. Like Pintsize, he had pretty much established himself as a butt-monkey in his first several strips. When Clinton and Claire were having their tiff in CoD, my first thought about her was "Ye gawds, there's another one". Thankfully, she grew as a character, and hopefully so will he.
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Yeah, I get it - it's one of the reasons why I don't like Clinton. He's a creep, and he's patronising and he really, really doesn't know when to stop. The problem is the narrative - he 'deserves' to be beaten up/shocked/hurt because he's a creep and mean. If the narrative were that it's normal and OK to beat people up because it's funny/ because they've been mean (which it was in the first 400-500 strips), then all right. If the world doesn't work like that and it's 'over the line' and 'mean' and 'physical intimidation' if Faye almost gets into Claire's personal space but it's still OK to beat up Clinton, then we have a case of double standards.
bhtooefr:
It was this post I was thinking of: http://jephjacques.com/post/4384135243/concept-sketch-of-clinton-the-anthropc-surveyor
perlhaqr:
Birdshot? Maybe just rocksalt? Yeesh. Poor Clinton!
CM_albion:
--- Quote from: Elder Sign on 02 Apr 2015, 22:38 ---Am I the only one sensing the double standard around tonight's strip? Like, if it had been Claire sitting there all wounded and messed up, the forums would be an inferno of outrage, but since it's Clinton, it's apparently A-OK comedy gold?
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in fairness, Clinton has at-best-poor at-worst-irritable social skills, no concept of personal space, no self awareness, jumps to an aggressive stance with no provokation and is generally kind of a tosser.
ok, yea that doesn't actually justify the double standard. but seriously, the sheer degree, quantity and nature of the misfortunes makes this comedy, not the person it's aimed at.
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